The Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences will hold its 25th annual Student Research Day on Thursday afternoon, May 24, in South Campus Center. Free and open to the public.
News and Updates
CUCAC Meeting Notes, May 2012
The University of Washington Community Advisory Committee (CUCAC) met on Tuesday, May 8. Among the items presented to the group were
An update on the Maple and Terry student residence halls pre-design: City University Community Advisory Committee Maple and Terry Halls Project
A presentation about the University Greenways Project and the growth of greenways in some Seattle neighborhoods.
Celebrating public parks from reclaimed land
In 1962, UW Professor of Architecture Richard Haag recast an industrial waste site at the north end of Lake Union into popular Gas Works Park. Today, an exhibit at the American Institute of Architecture created by landscape architecture design students and Associate Professor Thaisa Way explores Gas Works and 11 subsequent parks and public spaces and explains why this was such a radical move at the time. (To read more stories like this, see UW in Seattle Neighborhoods.)
Public Health Cafe explores air pollution
Do you worry about the effects of air pollution when you bike, walk, or inhale second hand smoke? Public Health Cafe, sponsored by the UW Center for Ecogenetics and Environmental Health, will consider this question on Tuesday, May 15, 5:30-7pm, when two environmental health researchers will participate in a casual community gathering at Chaco Canyon Organic Cafe in the University District on . Everyone is welcome.
Community, creativity, innovation: The U District and the UW
A new paper by Associate Professor of History Margaret O’Mara explores how the University District and the University of Washington are working together to create Seattle’s “next-generation University District” with attention to the physical landscape, economic potential, and the historic relationship they share.
Community, creativity, and innovation: The University District and the University of Washington